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architecture and design magazineFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:43:53 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1Jonathan Tuckey designs two contrasting London shops for Malin+Goetzhttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/01/jonathan-tuckey-malin-goetz-skincare-shops-london-upper-monmouth-street-interior-design/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/01/jonathan-tuckey-malin-goetz-skincare-shops-london-upper-monmouth-street-interior-design/#respondMon, 01 Aug 2016 07:00:49 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=945907Jonathan Tuckey Design has completed two London shops for skincare brand Malin+Goetz – one filled with plywood boxes and the other featuring a reflective ceiling (+ slideshow). British designer Jonathan Tuckey was asked to create the first two UK branches of the American brand, which was launched by entrepreneurs Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz back in 2004.

]]>Jonathan Tuckey Design has completed two London shops for skincare brand Malin+Goetz – one filled with plywood boxes and the other featuring a reflective ceiling (+ slideshow).Jonathan Tuckey has completed two London shops for Malin+Goetz, with the first on Upper Street in Islington

British designer Jonathan Tuckey was asked to create the first two UK branches of the American brand, which was launched by entrepreneurs Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz back in 2004.

The design team paired vintage furniture with a simple, square-grid shelving system to create an apothecary-inspired interior

Similar to brands like Aesop and Camper, Malin+Goetz is keen to make every shop unique to its setting. To ensure this was the case, Tuckey assigned different project architects to each store.

The first of the two shops takes over a Victorian-era premises on Upper Street in Islington. To suit this, the design team paired vintage furniture with a simple, square-grid shelving system to create an apothecary-inspired interior.

The plywood shelving system extends across the walls of the shop and creates partitions between different areas

Constructed from plywood, this shelving system extends across the walls of the shop and creates partitions between different areas. It also integrates drawers.

The prominence of this feature is amplified by the height of the area at the front of the store. There was previously a suspended ceiling here, but Tuckey's team removed this to create a more lofty space.

The prominence of the shelving is amplified by the height of the ceiling at the front of the store

This is reflected in the new shopfront – a traditional curved wall with gridded glazing and raised frames. At night, translucent curtains can be drawn behind this facade.

Two vintage pieces of furniture were sourced for the interior. The first is a grand display cabinet, while the second is a glass counter, which now contains plywood boxes. They sit on a terrazzo floor.

The team also created a new shopfront – a traditional curved wall with gridded glazing and raised frames

"At Upper Street, we focused on an apothecary feel that works well in keeping with neighbourhood ambience that Malin+Goetz wanted in this residential part of London," explained Tuckey.

"The shop has a warmth that we enjoy and a feeling of something new yet something found too. We like this type of ambiguity when reworking buildings."

Jonathan Tuckey's second London shop for Malin+Goetz is located on Monmouth Street in Covent Garden

"At Monmouth Street, we thought that something more theatrical was appropriate, as Covent Garden is very much a destination for so many high-end retail brands," said Tuckey.

"We are excited by the way in which our interior is experiential like an art installation," he added. "It also plays on the idea of something cinematic or a stage, which is an intriguing part of retail design today."

The colourful products are displayed on dark shelves, supported by cylindrical rods

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/01/jonathan-tuckey-malin-goetz-skincare-shops-london-upper-monmouth-street-interior-design/feed/0New Southbank Centre archive by Jonathan Tuckey Design utilises a 1950s shelving systemhttps://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/18/southbank-centre-archive-studio-jonathan-tuckey-design-1950s-london/
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/18/southbank-centre-archive-studio-jonathan-tuckey-design-1950s-london/#commentsWed, 18 Nov 2015 21:00:45 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=803319Architecture studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has created a new archival space for London's Southbank Centre featuring a mid-century shelving system that reflects the building's heritage. Set within the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall, the publicly accessible space will function as a sorting area for the Southbank Centre's archive material, as well as a public library and a classroom. "Southbank Centre wanted

Set within the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall, the publicly accessible space will function as a sorting area for the Southbank Centre's archive material, as well as a public library and a classroom.

"Southbank Centre wanted the space to be as visible, open and accessible as possible in order to encourage public engagement and awareness of the archive while at the same time functioning as a secure working archive environment," explained Matthew Farrer, project lead, from Jonathan Tuckey Design.

Named Archive Studio, the space is the first project in a long-term redevelopment of the whole complex, which includes the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery.

The archive material dates back to 1951, the year the Royal Festival Hall opened, and also the year that the Festival of Britain took place.

To reference this, the team chose Dexion Slotted Angle frames dating from the 1950s to create the archive's shelving structure. They then clad this in perforated hardboard, attached by brass dome-head nuts.

"We felt that the Archive Studio should be built from materials with a heritage value that would be easily associated with that period of time," Farrer told Dezeen. "The aim was to create a tangible connection with the archive material."

Two of the shelving units are six metres high, creating plenty of space to store archiving materials whilst they are being processed.

Situated in front of the windows, one of these units frames views of the Hayward Gallery and other adjacent buildings, and will be used as a permanent display space for historical objects found during the renovation.

The other set of shelves, set against the back wall of the building, provides a storage area for archive boxes and poster rolls.

There are also two three-metre-high shelving units that face the interior of the foyer. These feature illuminated glass display cases, which also allow views between the archive and the Royal Festival Hall foyer.

At the entrance, three bays of shelving on castors form a three-metre-wide hinged door. This can also function as a mobile display unit.

Other features include lockable cupboards with sliding perforated hardboard doors, a lightbox integrated into one of the shelving bays and a counterweighted fold-down desk operated on a series of pulleys.

"There is an enjoyment in inspecting the archive close up, much like the archive material itself," Farrer told Dezeen.

At the centre of the archive are coloured, enamel tables for group working that can be rearranged for different activities. Overhead lighting hangs down on burgundy flexes, fixed to the Dexion with brass nuts.

"We didn’t want the Archive Studio to shout its presence but rather be a calm new addition to the Royal Festival Hall and ultimately one that feels like it might always have existed in the space," added the architect.

The Royal Festival Hall is the only remaining building from the Festival of Britain celebrations, which involved construction of the steel Skylon tower. The building was designed by London County Council architects Robert Matthew and Leslie Martin.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/18/southbank-centre-archive-studio-jonathan-tuckey-design-1950s-london/feed/2Jonathan Tuckey Design adds glazed extension to Grade II-listed Yew Tree Househttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/09/20/jonathan-tuckey-yew-tree-house-cotswolds-glazed-extension/
https://www.dezeen.com/2014/09/20/jonathan-tuckey-yew-tree-house-cotswolds-glazed-extension/#commentsSat, 20 Sep 2014 11:00:20 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=548230Eastabrook Architects and London studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has added a contemporary glazed extension to a Grade II-listed Cotswolds house to provide additional space without detracting from the original building (+ slideshow). The owners of Yew Tree House previously had a small kitchen with little dining space, so they asked Gloucestershire firm Eastabrook Architects and Jonathan Tuckey Design to create

]]>Eastabrook Architects and London studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has added a contemporary glazed extension to a Grade II-listed Cotswolds house to provide additional space without detracting from the original building (+ slideshow).

The owners of Yew Tree House previously had a small kitchen with little dining space, so they asked Gloucestershire firm Eastabrook Architects and Jonathan Tuckey Design to create a contemporary open-plan extension that remained respectful to the early 17th-century building.

Eastabrook carried out the original concept and planning and oversaw work on site, with Jonathan Tuckey appointed to work in collaboration on the detail design.

"We wanted the extension to be 'a space in between' the garden and the original house," architect Ryuta Hirayama told Dezeen.

A lightweight single-ply roof was used to minimise the need for bulky support columns, while a stone wall has been left exposed inside to lessen the extension's impact on the original building.

"The extension has been designed as a lightweight structure, which touches the existing house very lightly," explained Hirayama.

The stone wall extends outside, visually connecting the indoor and outdoor spaces, and stone from a demolished wall has been reused as paving for the patio.

Two doors from the existing house, which originally led outside, now provide access to the extension. Both have been lined with black steel to match the black aluminium and steel used for the window frames and support columns in the extension.

One of the doorways also lines up with a glass door in the extension that leads outside, to create an easy flow between the house and the garden.

"Our intention was to make the existing openings like gates to travel from the old house to the new extension, and on to the garden, creating both visual and psychological connections," said Hirayama.

A blackened steel surround around the extension's exterior door also supports the roof and conceals rainwater downpipes.

Thin-framed sliding doors along one of the extension's walls provide additional access outside to the patio, allowing the owners to open the home up in the summer.

Pre-cast concrete has been used for the floor tiles inside, and also for the kitchen island in order to simplify the material palette and not detract from the original house.

"The client wanted the extension to be contemporary, and feel different from the existing house," said Hirayama. "Pre-cast concrete was chosen because it has a similar mineral quality to the stone, but it is engineered and measured in the same way as the new glazed structure."

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2014/09/20/jonathan-tuckey-yew-tree-house-cotswolds-glazed-extension/feed/8Doyle Gardens extension by Jonathan Tuckey features a criss-crossing wooden ceilinghttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/08/19/latticed-wooden-ceiling-doyle-gardens-extension-london-jonathan-tuckey-design/
https://www.dezeen.com/2014/08/19/latticed-wooden-ceiling-doyle-gardens-extension-london-jonathan-tuckey-design/#commentsTue, 19 Aug 2014 21:00:51 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=523474Jonathan Tuckey Design has refurbished the interior of a semi-detached house in London and added a dining room extension with a latticed wooden ceiling (+ slideshow). A young couple occupy the 1930s house in Doyle Gardens with their two children. They asked London-based Jonathan Tuckey Design to improve the configuration of the ground floor rooms and enhance

]]>Jonathan Tuckey Design has refurbished the interior of a semi-detached house in London and added a dining room extension with a latticed wooden ceiling (+ slideshow).

A young couple occupy the 1930s house in Doyle Gardens with their two children. They asked London-based Jonathan Tuckey Design to improve the configuration of the ground floor rooms and enhance the connection between the interior, the garden and a park on the opposite side of the road.

"The ground floor plan was, from the front parlour back, congested and dark and offered no means of accessing the back garden," project designers Ryuta Hirayama and Peter Youthed told Dezeen.

"Our aim was to create a layered relationship between the interior and the south-facing garden."

Existing partition walls were removed to turn what was previously four separate rooms into a series of interconnected spaces that allow views through from the front of the house to the garden at the back.

At the rear of the property the designers added an extension alongside the kitchen that houses a new dining room looking out onto the garden.

The boxy self-contained room is distinct from the rest of the open floor plan and creates a more formal space that can be used for family dinners and parties.

"We thought that having broken open the cellular condition of the existing plan we should counterbalance this by creating a dining space with a clearly defined character," explained the architects.

An enlarged opening connects the room with the living area, while a tiled floor and a wooden framework covering the ceiling help to distinguish it from the adjoining spaces.

The dimensions of the cube-shaped space were established by planning regulations, while a tight budget determined the use of Douglas fir for the structure.

A gap between the roof and the upper storey of the existing house lets light filter down and provides views into the kitchen from the children's room above.

Part of the glazed end wall of the extension swings outwards to link the interior with a deck that juts out into the garden.

The clients asked for original materials – uncovered when existing surfaces were stripped back – to be retained and incorporated into the design. This included a mosaic tiled floor in the hall next to the entrance.

A wooden screen was inserted between the hall and the living area to represent the position of the original partition wall.

Made from the same timber as the framework in the extension, and with identical gaps between its panels, the screen also emphasises the contrast between the old and new flooring.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2014/08/19/latticed-wooden-ceiling-doyle-gardens-extension-london-jonathan-tuckey-design/feed/5School gatehouse built on a strict budget by Jonathan Tuckey Designhttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/03/20/wilberforce-primary-school-gatehouse-jonathan-tuckey-design/
https://www.dezeen.com/2014/03/20/wilberforce-primary-school-gatehouse-jonathan-tuckey-design/#commentsThu, 20 Mar 2014 22:00:34 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=431323British studio Jonathan Tuckey Design worked with a small team and a tight budget to build this timber-lined gatehouse for a west London primary school. The new gabled structure provides an activities centre and crèche at the entrance to Wilberforce Primary School in Westminster and is the first of two new buildings by Jonathan Tuckey Design.

The new gabled structure provides an activities centre and crèche at the entrance to Wilberforce Primary School in Westminster and is the first of two new buildings by Jonathan Tuckey Design.

Project architect Nic Howett subsumed the roles of quantity surveyor and project manager to keep costs down, working only with a local builder and a small team of engineers to construct the single-storey building.

"The project was coordinated by ourselves, proving that good education buildings can be built for little money without the need for bureaucratic processes, framework agreements and multiple consultants," Howett told Dezeen.

"All that is really needed are designers with a good level of care and sensitivity to design," he added. "This could be a model for the way small-scale education work is procured in the future."

Built around a simple timber frame, the exterior of the building is clad with corrugated fibre-cement panels, while walls and ceilings inside feature a continuous plywood surface.

A long rear wall provides a pin-up area where pupils can show off their work. This sits opposite a wall of glazing that opens the space out to a narrow playground.

Three skylights puncture the roof to bring in both daylight and ventilation, contrasting with the building's predecessor, which Howett says was a dark portakabin that needed artificial lighting all year around. "It really was quite a depressing space for kids to be in," he explained.

Exploded axonometric diagram - click for larger image

For the next stage of the project, the architects will give the school a new entrance building and community centre.

A new after-school activities centre and crèche for a City of Westminster primary school in West London.

Envisioned as a new gate-house for the school this project was designed with two ambitions in mind: to provide the school with much-needed additional space and to help the school engage with the wider community.

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The first phase of the project, which includes an activities centre and crèche, is designed to inspire young minds through the provision of generous natural light combined with intriguing volumes and shapes throughout.

An entire wall is given over to displaying pupils' work; another is fully glazed and, as a sliding wall, allows learning and play to take place both inside and out. Materials were selected to deliver a completed building for £1600/m2. Profile sheeting was used externally whilst inside a plywood interior that needed little finishing was fitted. Both were detailed to give these materials a finely finished appearance. The materials ground the Annexe firmly in the context of the site whilst providing Wilberforce Primary with a durable building.

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"I was impressed by the extensive research they had done. They clearly understood the needs of the staff and users of the building, and this was reflected in the design which was not only fit for purpose, but also beautiful" - Angela Piddock, Wilberforce Primary Headteacher.

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Sustainability

The building is primarily timber, consisting of a timber frame and clad internally with FSC and PEFC certified plywood from sustainable sources. Externally the building is clad in Marley Eternit fibre cement profile sheeting, which achieves an A+ rating in the BRE Green Guide. The resulting lightweight structure meant that minimum foundations were required. Forbo Marmoleum flooring was used which achieves a Cradle-to-Cradle silver certificate. Openable roof lights in the building allow for all spaces to be naturally lit and ventilated.

Long elevation - click for larger image

The second stage is to complete the new entrance building to the site which houses a community centre that will give the school a welcome and revitalised presence on the street. This work is on going.